Set: English Irony

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TermDefinition
ParadoxContradicting statement
Situational ironyThe difference between something that is expected and something that actually happens
Dramatic IronyThink and behaving rather than the actual events
Verbal ironyLanguage that means something other than what it states
ForeshadowingSomething that has wider significance than is realized
Punassociated with humor. Based on ambiguity
SatireCorrective ridicule

Set Information

Terms 7
Creator shadee
Created March 17, 2009
Group English
Subject English 10 wcs Irony
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Most Missed Words

  1. Paradox Contradicting statement - 4 misses
  2. Dramatic Irony Think and behaving rather than the actual events - 2 misses
  3. Satire Corrective ridicule - 2 misses
  4. Verbal irony Language that means something other than what it states - 2 misses
  5. Pun associated with humor. Based on ambiguity - 1 miss
  6. Situational irony The difference between something that is expected and something that actually happens - 1 miss
  7. Foreshadowing Something that has wider significance than is realized - 1 miss